Have started going to a free course on couselling in preparation for the Hospice Work. The instructor is an experienced worker, and I like the course especially for the fact that he has added a Buddhist perspective to it. He is knowlegable, funny and experienced.
Last Friday was the fourth week into the course and there were like six to seven of us remaining. He told us a story. At the beginning when he started to offer this course, he would get upset at times seeing the number of students getting smaller and smaller as the course got further along. Then a sculptor friend of his told him what happened on a piece of sculpture. When he got the piece of wood in, he would not think of what he would carve immediately. He would just leave the piece of wood outside and let it sit and rot. After a few days, surely the wood will rot, will dry up, will have the un-needed pieces shaken off and the essence of it would remain. Then without his active wanting of the piece of wood into any form, the piece of wood would naturally call for its shape and form to be carved out.
A nice story. Also reminds me of the Dark Mother that I am currently working with in my own psychospiritual journey. She sure does have a way to shake out the un-needed part for the good part to remain for assimilation. Like the immune and the digestive systems in our body, she protects and nourishes in her sacred ways.
Last Friday was the fourth week into the course and there were like six to seven of us remaining. He told us a story. At the beginning when he started to offer this course, he would get upset at times seeing the number of students getting smaller and smaller as the course got further along. Then a sculptor friend of his told him what happened on a piece of sculpture. When he got the piece of wood in, he would not think of what he would carve immediately. He would just leave the piece of wood outside and let it sit and rot. After a few days, surely the wood will rot, will dry up, will have the un-needed pieces shaken off and the essence of it would remain. Then without his active wanting of the piece of wood into any form, the piece of wood would naturally call for its shape and form to be carved out.
A nice story. Also reminds me of the Dark Mother that I am currently working with in my own psychospiritual journey. She sure does have a way to shake out the un-needed part for the good part to remain for assimilation. Like the immune and the digestive systems in our body, she protects and nourishes in her sacred ways.
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I love your writing. So beautiful.
Thank you Maggie.
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